Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-06-23

she-wolf, and 1t cannot nurt me-: was tie
answer. Listen; l will this of thee that
thou reveal where is the chamber where are
the shining stoneS''
"lla! lia.' she piped, ''none know but /,
and will never tell thee. The white devils
shall go hence empty-handed"
Il hou wilt tell me. | will make thee
tell me-
How . King? Thou art graat, but can
thy power wiring the truth from woman?'
IT is difficult, yet will do it,
How, o king?'
Nay, thus; if thou tellest not thou shalt
die
'Die! she Shrieked. in terror and fury;
we dare not touch me-man, We know not
who | am. How Old think We am l? knew
your fathers, and your fathers fathers
fathers. When the country was young |
was here, when the country grows old |
Shall still be here. | cannot die unless / be
killed by chance, for none dare slay me-"
" ct will Stay thee. See Gagool, moth
er OF evil, thou art SO old thou canSt no lon
ger love life. What can life be to such
bag as thee, who hast no shape, no form,
nor hair, nor teeth-hast naught. save
wic&edness and evil eyes? 1t will be mercy
to Stay thee, Gagool."
Thou fool" shriekei the old fiend,
thou accurSed fool, thinkest thou that life
is sweet only to the young9 1t is not so,
anl naught thou knowest of the heart of
man to think of it. To the young, indeed,
death is .metimes welcome, for the young
can fee. They love and suffer, and it
wrings EN- TO see their beloved pass to the
land of shadow. But the old feel not, they
love not, and, ha ha! they laugh to see an
other go out into the dark; ha! hal they
laugh to see the evil that is done under the
sun. All they love is life, the warm warm
sun, and the sweet, sweet air. They are
afraid of the cold, afraid of the cold and
dark, ha! ha! hap and the old bag writhed
in CHASTITY merriment on the ground.
Cease thine evil talk and answer me-"
said Ignosi, angrily. ''Wilt thou show the
place where the stones are, or wilt thou
not? If thou wilt not thou diest even now"
and he seized spear and held it over her.
Il will not show it; thou darest not kill
me, darest not. He who Stays me will be
accursed forever"
Slowly Ignosi brought down the spear
till it pricked the PROSTATE heap of rags.
With wild yell she sprang to her feet.
and then again fell and rolled upon the
floor
NAY, will show it. Only let me live:
let me sit in the sun and have bit Of meat
to suck, and will show thee"
'sIt is we'll. l thought L should find a
way to reason with thee Tomorrow thou
shalt 60 with lnfadoos and my white BROTH
ers to the place; and beware how thou fall
est, for if thou showest it not then shalt
thou die. have spoken"
L will not fail, Ignosi. l always keep
my word; ha! ha! hal Once a woman
showed the place to white man before,
and behold, evil befell him." and here her
wicked eyes glinted. "Her name was Ga
cool, too. Perchance | was that woman"
Thou lest said; that was ten gener-
atoms ago"
'Mayhap, mayhap; when one lives long
one forrets. Perhaps it was my mothers
mother who told me; surely her name was
Gago0l also. But mark, We will find in the
place where the bright playthings are bag
of hide full of stones. The man filled that
bag, but he never took it away. Evil befell
him. Perhaps it was my mothers mother
who told me-. 1t will be a merry journey
we can see the bodies OF those who died in
the battle as we go. Their eyes will be gone
by now, and their ribs will be hollow. Hal
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